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West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-03-25

and every man who wants Federal
Office must be encouraged. Promise
anything and everything. Whisper
that any amount of ready cash is
coming to this county to be divided
between the men who render the
greatest service in this effort to
swindle honest citizens out of their
ballots and induce them to vote di-
rectly contrary to their wishes and
contrary to their desires.
Second Pol. But can we thus fool
men into voting one way when they
wish to vote the other way? Can
we vote any intelligent mechanic or
farmer for Camden, simply by tell
ing him that he ought to vote for
CAUCUS?
First Pol. OF course you can-if
YOU talk loud and long enough. The
men who are on '.the make" the men
who want office, and the men who
are in the pay of monopoly are all
acting in concert. Combination al
ways whips dispersion. Ten men
thoroughly organized and acting as
a unit can always whip one hundred
who are disorganized and scattered.
The mechanics and farmers, if we
excite their prejudiees, will be quar-
reling among themselves and when
we get them divided We may control
them as easily as we control chill
dren. Recollect, if monopoly wins
this time we will have little trouble
il future. If we can carry county
like Jefferson in favor of monopoly
the spirit of resistance will be
crushed and we can hound down
every politician who does not wear
ITS collar.
Second Pol. think / understand
your game. We will succeed by ~
ing, by cheating and by corruption.
When we attain success we will
plumber the unorganized masses at
our pleasure.
A CITIZEN SPEAKS: Gentlemen
the people of this county propose to
teach You a lesson you will never
forget. We do not want the laws of
this country shaped by men like Nh.
Camden and you cannot trick us out
of our votes by talking loudly about
one thing when you mean another
thing. We intend to send to the
Legislature man who does not
truckle to monopoly.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-03-25
Large Sale of Virginia Mineral Lands.

The tide has fully set in in Tazewell
real estate. On Monday. March 7th,
Captain w. E. Peery: Joseph Stras
and Augustus White, of Tazewell,
and Hartman Newberry, of Bland
county, sold thirty-three thousand
acres of mineral and timber lands,
on the Round mountain, east OF
Burk's Garden, for the sum OF $l15,-
500. This land contains an mex
haustible quantity of brown hema-
tite and specular iron ores. of re-
markable richness. Tue purchasers
of this estate are Colonel Holland,
president of the Virginia and Ken
lucky railroad; A. S. Buford, presi-
dent of the Virginia Western; }. ID.
Blair and w. n. Ruffin. These
same parties. at the same time. pur-
chased of John G. Watts, Henry
Baker and Mr.. Beavers twelve thou
sand acres of coal land on the Beech
Fork and other branches of the Dry
Fork of Tug river, at the price OF
$4,000. Each of these tracts OF
land is situated near the base line of
the projected Virginia Western rail-
road, of which Colonel A. 5. Buford
is president. The twelve thousand
acres of coal lands are situated in a
direct line about fifteen miles west
of Pocahontas, and are part OF the
same vein worked by the last named
company. We regard these sales as
but the beginning Of grand devel
opment.-Clinch VALLEY (Va.)
.NewS.
We see similar paragraphs in
many Virginia papers. When rail-
road managers, and those in part
nership with them, buy land cheap,
the home population arc not bene-
fitted. An outsider cannot compete
with the person who controls a high
way-unless Government protects
the public.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-03-25
THE SITUATION.

The following conversation brings
out in bold relief the present politi-
cal condition in this county.
FIRST PoLITICIAN.-Monopoly
wants Senator. Our object is to
elect to the Legislature some one
who will vote for Mr.. Camden, or, if
he retires, for some person who rep
resents the same methods and the
same ideas.
SECOND PoMmCIAN.-But the pee
pie of Jefferson are opposed to mo-
nopoly. They want q Senator who
will legislate in the interest of the
public and not in the interest of the
capital class.
FIRST Pol i know this better
than you do, but we must fool the
people of Jefferson. Don't talk Cam
den, talk CAUCUS; talk party or
ganizahon; talk about the great
principles of Thomas Jefferson and
pretend you oppose Camden.
SECOND PoL.-But intelligent men
will see through this deception and
there will be tornado of indigna-
ton.
FIRST PoI--Ifwe manage shrewd-
ly, they will not discover the decep-
ton until ne have tricked them out
of their votes. At special election
like this, the body of the people will
not come to the primaries but we,
who follow politics as trade, will
have all our men present and when
we capture the nomination we will
appeal to Democrats to preserve
party organization.
SECOND PoL.-But suppose we fail
to nominate our man,-what then?
FIRST PoL.-We will run an indie.
pendent and beat the nominee. We
are scheming, to provide for this
contingency and have determined
upon the following programme:
l. Make still hunt. Don't argue.
Don't discuss and don't answer
questions.
,. Use every opportunity to stirup
and excite neighborhood prejudice.
3. Make pretense that one class
in society is fighting the other class.
Tell the farmers that this is con-
test between lawyers and the agri-
cultural class. Tell the mechanics
that the aristocracy has candidate
and that the mechanics should vote
for one of their own class. Some
lawyers are supporting Camden and
we must excite the professional jeal-
ousy of the other lawyers.
A. Every voter who can be con-
trolled by money must be spotted
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-03-25

If the people of Jefferson wish Mir,
Camden for Senator they have an
opportunity to get him. Nothing is
easier. Let the rank and iile absent
themselves from the primaries to-
morrow while the emiSsaries Of mo-
nOpoly nominate for the Legislature
a man who will undo whatever has
been accomplished.
IfJefferson gives an overwhelming
majority against monopoly-it will
never again Hft its head in West
Virginia
Frank Beckwith did not wish to
become a candidate for the Legisla-
ture, but he seemed the most avail
able man for the occasion. What
ever property he owns is here in JEFF
fersOn and he has not a dollar out
side of this county. His personal
interest is identical with the inter
est Of his neighbOrs, and such
pressure was brought to bear upon
him that he dared not refuse his
services. Beckwith will he able to
answer the lawyers who represent
monopoly in the Legislature, and
come what may, he will not betray
the people Of this county. With
Chew and Beckwith in the House
the delegation from Jefferson will be
stronger and viii WELD more inAu.
ence than that from any other
county.
Anti Monopoly has nothing to
conceal; the more people know the
stronger is its cause.
Beckwith stands ready to answer
any question. He is opposed to
making the United States Senate
club of millionaire representatives
of monopoly. The candidate ofmo-
nopoly avoids discussion. Monopoly
falls as soon as unmasked.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-03-25

In Russia the men who are fed by
the Car invent plausible theories
TO persuade the masses that Des-
potism is the best Government, In
Russia shrewd and INSCRIPTIONS
men grow rich and fat by arguing
to the people that DesPotism
makes them happy. 1t sounds
strange to American ears that these
emissaries of the Car are able to
deceive the masses in Russia, but
they do, and, in that country, we
meet with persons who seem to be
intelligent, who receive no favOrs
from the Car, and yet they firmly
believe in the form of government
under which they live They are
the victims of designing men. So it
is here to-day in jefferson. The
men fed by Mr.. Camden have actu-
ally persuaded some very respecta-
BILE citizens, who are not expecting
office, that Mr.. Camden ought 10 he
Senator.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-03-25
Financial Necessities.
From the Parkersburg Sentinel.

From the Parkersburg Sentinel.
When fancy monkeyed with jim
Mason he didn't know the latter was
loaded.
Mr.. j. M. Mason unearths a letter,
indefinite as to date, written by Mr..
fancy, of the Wheeling Register, in
which there is reference to the re-
cent Senatorial contest, and also the
following sentence:
"The financial necessities Of the
Register may oblige me to change
my opinions"
We refer to this matter because,
believing the Register to be an hon
est exponent of upright Democracy,
we have been instrumental in ex-
tending its circulation to some ex-
tent, and have given it our endorse
ment. To be confronted now with
the principal proprietor's declara
ton that his opinions are on a
strictly financial basis, is, we must
confess, somewhat humiliating.
II newspaper does not advocate
a principle or a party because of its
belief in the righteousness of that
principle or the correctness of that
party, of what degree of usefulness
is it? The degree of integrity and
political honesty that causes an edi-
tor to bluntly declare that his finan-
cial necessities may cause him to
change his opinions, is not very ex-
tensive.
The Register is regarded as the
leading Democratic paper of the
State, which, in view of the present
disclosure, isn't saying very much;
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-03-25

Ask for Stonebraker's Hog Powders.
We would much rather YOU would be
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from the use of Stonebraker's Prepare
tons than paint pretty pictures to yonr
mind and you not get the worth of your
money when the test comes. Should
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please take the trouble to ask some of
your neighbors about Stonebraker's
Preparations. Most every family in the
United States knows something of the
wonderful merits and curative powers
of Stonebraker's celebrated family med
icines and standard preparations, sold
in every store i'm the land.
Now, as we have said in setting out on
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buying an article good for everything.
Don't pin your faith to cure-all--some-
times we are asked the questions: Are
Stonebraker's Horse and Cattle Powders
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To such we say: Your day of reckoning
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West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-03-25
Notice to Lien-HOlderS.

TO ALL PERSONS holding Liens by
judgments or otherwise on the real en-
tate or any part thereofof +. NJ. Brown
and Of James a. Hurst.
In pursuance Of decree Of the Cir
cult Court of Jefferson county, made In
a cause therein pending to subject the
real estate Of the said Francis NJ. Brown
and James a. Hurst to the satisfaction
of the liens thereon, you are hereby re-
quired to present all claims held by you
and each Of you against the said Francis
NJ. Brown and James A. Hurst, which
are liens on their real estate or of either
OF them or any part Of IL, for adjudics-
ton to me at my Office In the town of
Charlestown, w. Va, on or before the
9TH DAY OF APRIL, 1887
Given under my hand this LIST day Of
March, 1887.
mch4-4t. Commissioner.
Democrat Fee, $500.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-03-25
II III z 8 T I'D
OF THE
R0sem0nt Stock Farm.

! THE well known Stations of the Rose
L mont Stock Farm, adjoining Berry
vile, Va, will be in The field again this
season for breeding purposes, and as
supplemental TO the reputation and pedi-
grecs Of these horses we invite an in
| spection OF the fine colts to be found on
| the farm. To feed and raise good colt
| costs no more of time or. labor than an
ordinary colt, while the first named will
always sell promptly at double the sum
| to be realized for the latter. The breed
ing horses we commend 10 the public
are:
DUNDEE" dark bay, l6k hands
high, splendid points, temper and action.
Record, 2:25 ut Pmlico Fair, Baltimore,
Md, September, 1886. Travels clear, and
is considered by competent judges to be
the finest trotting horse Of his age. He
will make the season at the Rosemont
Stock Farm.
TERMS.-s35, II paid in season; $50, If
paid later.
WOODBRIDGE, JR., chestnut sorreI,
I5l4 hands high, bred and owned by Mr..
Jesse Tyson, of Baltimore, Md. He is
connected by blood with the most IA
nous tr0tters OF this country. Wood
bridge Jr.'s time 2.30 on half mile track
lie will make the season at X. l.. Den
ny's farm, near White Post, one week,
and next week at Summit Point, w.
Va, and so on alternately, except Satur-
days ana Sundays, when he will be at
the Rosemont Farm.
TERMS.-Sl0 for single mare, mares
or more owned by same party $500 each,
to be paid within the season; insurance,
$50, to be paid when the mare proves 10
be in foal.
MAMBRINO RATHER, remarkably
handsome, intelligent and of good dis
position, dark bay, l5H hands high,
strongly built. Manbrino Rattler's
time is go with ease. He will make the
season at the Winchester Fair Grounds,
one week, and at John II. Colston's farm
near Charlestewn, next week, and so on
alternately, except Saturdays and Sun
days, when he viii be at the Rosemont
Farm.
TERNfS.-Sl0, to be paid within the
season, and so additional will be charg-
ed when the mare proves TO be in foal.
Parting with marc in all cases forfeits
insurance.
For pedigrees of these fine stations
and other particulars apply to the un-
dersigned. Accommodation for mares
can be had on the farm.
c. II. BOXWELL, Manager.
mchl8-4t.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-03-25

"Say, boss, see dis erc leg er mine.
Well, dat leg bin stiff 20 years, an I jis
gin ter use it,
"What made il stiff, Jerry?"
"Rumatism, boss, Rumatism! / was
slave 70 de war, an / went through too
much 'sposhur. Man alive! De angels
could hear me boiler when de ole oman
went fur TO fix dis leg.'
"Did you not try anything TO cure IL,
Jerry?"
"Yas, sab! De hole house full err roots
and mcdishum, whut an de ole oman
buy"
"And none of them did you any good?"
"No, boss, didn't git much 'lcfe tel
some white lady tole de ole 'oman bout
dat Stonebralxer's Liniment, so / tuck
an got er bottle, an de fust time use
ii gan ter feel easy, an dat night 4
sleep jes as SCUM as or 'possum. / tell
rerpeople dat Stonebraker's Liniment
breaks up de Rumatism. Goodbye, boss,
de train am comin'w
The above conversation occurred some
months ago, between one of our salemen
and old Uncle Jerry, OF Wilmington,
Del, who suffered tortures with Rheu-
matism, but is now able TO get around
without the aid of his crutches.
A. X. SETTMAS.
nov.25, 'S6-ly.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-03-25

A letter received by gentleman
in this city, from Charleston, says:
''The city Democratic ticket was
elected for the first time in several
years. The Greenbackers who
formerly belonged to the Democratic
party, but left it when the party ap-
peared to be given over to monopo-
lists, celebrated the defeat Of Mr..
Camden for Senator ny return to
the party fold and voting for the
Democratic nominee.-Huntington
Times.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-03-25

Let the square issue be put to vo-
ters. Do not permit the politicians
to dodge. Camden or anti Camden.
Cesar or liberty. Monopoly or an
monopoly. Let no voter be dis
tracted BY a side-issue. In select
ing delegates at the primaries pick
out men pledged to nominate for the
Legislature a candidate who will
never, under any circumstances,
send to the Senate n person who
cannot be relied upon to fight the
battle OF the people in this death
grapple with Monopoly.
Put no man on guard whose 10y
atty is doubted.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-03-25
Interstate Railroad Commission.
On last Monday the President APP

On last Monday the PRESIDENT ap-
pointed the Commission as follows
Thomas NJ. Cooley, of Michigan,
for the term of six years; William
r. Morrison, of Illinois, for the term
of five years; August Schoonmaker,
of New York, for the term of four
years; Aldace T. Walker, of Vermont,
for the term of three years; Walter
A. Bragg, of Alabama, for the term
of two years.
Let the Commission declare that
railroads shall confne themselves
strictly to the legitimate business of
a common carrier.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-03-25
Leaving the State.
MAnrrxsBuRc, March 90

Another party of 20 persons left
Berkeley county for the West yester-
day.
Were the public protected against
the unlawful practices of railroad
managers, our people could earn a
living here at home. Is it not as
tonishing, intelligent men vote for
Monopoly?
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-03-25
ONO RIVER

Mathew A. Manning, Esq, of
Summers county, has been appointed
Chief CT Division in the Pension
office at Washington, with salary
of $4,000. He was the most jealous
Of Mr.. Camden's lobby during the
session Of the Legislature.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-03-25

followed: Reflect, ponder, and then
tell us whether we do not need, in q
place like the United States Senate,
men who will serve the people and
who do not represent these giant
corporations.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-03-25
PRICE OF FARM PRODUCTS 1870,
1885.

We have before us pamphlet
published last fall by Judge Hughes
of Virginia. He compares the pres
emit prices of the chief articles OF
commerce with the prices those ar
ticles commanded in 1870 to 1873?
We select such articles as our read
ers are most familiar with.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-03-25
HOW THEY DO LIE!

The following was printed in the
editorial columns of the Wheeling
Register of yesterday and is here re-
printed that the readers of the DEM
ocRAT may form some idea Of how
infamous are the scoundrels who
write about Mr.. Mason in the Reg
lister. The statement that Mr.. Ma
son ever, on any occasion, intimated
desire or expectation to use money
corruptly and the suggestion that he
said, he had money for such purpose,
are infamous falsehoods, but he is
powerless unless the scoundrel, writ
ing for the Register, gives his name.
Truly it has come to wretched state
Of affairs when a gentleman may be
thus traduced by some irresponsible
vagabond whose name is withheld
from the public.
The Conference in the Supreme Court
Room in Wheeling in 'a4.
FOURTH DISTRICT, w. Va,
March IA. 1887.
To the Editor of The Register.
Mr.. james NJ. Mason in the last
issue Of his paper, with an evident
relish, refers to the conference which
was held in the Supreme Court Room
at Wheeling during the State Con-
vention in the summer Of 1884. AS
that gentleman has now assumed
the role of an apostle OF pii.e meth
DDS in politics, beg t. call his at
tention to little conyc. sation be-
tween us Immediately after the adj
iournment of the conference referred
to, which he will recall. / was a
delegate to that convention, and went
there in support of the gubernatorial
candidacyof Mr.. VanMeter, of Har-
dy county. On the day before the
convention was to meet, was invit-
ed by Captain Mathews, of Green
brier, to go down to the Capitol to a
little meeting of anti-Faulkner dele
gates. remained throughout the ses
sion of the conference and after its
adjournment. Mr.. Mason was
brought and after being introduced
by mutual friend said: "Mr.-,
this conference has proven that we
need twenty-five votes to defeat
Faulkner; your county has about
eighty delegates here, and l want
you to give me the names of all the
Faulkner men whom l can reach
with money. / have got the money
to beat Camden's man, Faulkner,
and must do it ii it takes all the
money in the First National Bank"
Mr.. Mason will remember this
conversation and cannot deny it.
Since he has become political re-
former" and now deprecates the use
Of money in politics, / thought it
might be well to remind him of this
little incident.
ONO RIVER.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-03-25

The most amusing spectacle we
have witnessed for many a day was
a bankrupt farmer insisting with
frantic energy that he must vote in
favor Of caucus even although his
doing so sent Jay Gould to the Sen
ate and reduced the price Of wheat
to 80 cents.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-03-25

The old men of this county tell us
that never before within their mem
DRY was money so scarce among the
people of Jefferson as it to day. The
many recent sales of farm property
are conclusive that what they say is
true. There is no part of the coun-
try that ought to be more prosper
Gus. Our lands are good, the eli
mate unsurpassed, and we are with
in a stones throw of the capital city
OF 4 nation o! 100000 people.
The many recent sales in Jefferson
Of farm property have brought our
farmers frequently together and, it
is the common subject of remark,
that greater economy was never
practiced, the farming class was
never more industrious, and yet
money was never so scarce. But
while this is so in Jefferson, a pure
ly agricultural county, yet capital is
q glut in the financial centers and
the profits of the monied class were
never greater. We cannot shut our
eyes to the fact that the individuals
who manage railroads, and those in
terested in similar combinations
whereby vast sums are eXtOrted
from the unOrganized masses, are
becoming fabulously rich. Gould
has accumulated $60,0OO,O00, Hunt
ington $3O,OOO,OOO, the CARROTS
S50,000,000, the Vanderbi!ts $780,
100000 and the owners of the Stand
ard Oil Company can divide among
themselves $225,0O0,OO0 more. Last
July we copied from the Indiana
Sentinel thefOllowing table, showing
the wealth Of certain Senators:
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-03-25

These tables tell their own story.
Here are frozen facts, as opposed to
the ingenious theories of those who
advocate tariff for protection.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-03-25

Let no one be deceived: a
vote for Beckwith is a vote
against Camden and a vote
against Beckwith is a vote
for Camden.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-03-25

Ten years ago Tildea said that
the greatest danger threatening our
Government was the corrupt inhu-
euce Of Overgrown corporate wealth
in politics.